Grain-drill.



Patented May 20, I902.

No. 700,23L

C. H PELTUN. GRAIN DRILL. (Application fll ed Apr; 12, 1902.

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SPECIFICATION form-ug iest of Letters m No. 7 700,2

I Application fii iiiipjri 12f19o2. Serial to. 102.535. on} ar) oHARLEs'H. PEL oiv, orsPRmGFI p, OHIO, Assmsosro MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or SPRINGFIELD, 0510,21 ooaronn'rrroiv Total Z whom it, I T Be it known that I, CHARLES H. PELTQN', a,

citizen of the United States,r e's'idin g at Spring-'- field, in the county of Clark and StateofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Drills, of which the fol therein ,tothe accompanyingdrawings.

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lowing is a specification, refere'ncebeing had Thisinvention relates to graindrills, and moreparticularl y to themechanism -whereby motion: is imparted to the distributers' or feeding devices thereof, and has for its object to provide a constructionfwhereby the gear- Q ing connecting the: distributer-shaft and the shaft by means of which it isidriven may be readily adjusted and maintained in proper relative position.

To these ends my invention consists in oertain novel features, which Iwill now proceed to describe, and-will then particularly point out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a sectional view of a portion of a grain' drill embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same, and Fig.3 is a detail perspective view'of the parts constituting the-'- bearings of the shafts.'

In the said drawings, 1 indicates the hopper of the grain-drill, and 2 the distributer-V shaft, by means of which the distributing de vices are operated, while the axle from which power to drive the distributer-shaft is derived is indicated at 3. Itis usual to employ what is known as a change-speed gear to drive the distributer-shaft, the same comprising a change-speed disk 4, rotating with the axle, and a shaft;5, having a sliding pin-j ion 6, driven from the change-speed gear and: connected with the distributer-shaft by bevela gearing -as, for instance, abevel-pinion 7 on the shaft 5 and a bevel-gear 8 on theshaft 2.

The shaft 2 is mounted in bearings secured to the under side'of the hopper, and as this hopper is-usually constructed of wood it is frequently found that after assembling the parts the bevePgearing ZandB does not properly mesh, ow'i'ngto alterations in the shape of the hopper or to other causes, This necessitates the changing of the position of the bearing in which the shafts 2 and 5 are supported, so aswt'ojgbring,.thefbevel gears; intog p i' e n 'afidithis sh sins'in po iti n.- a of the beari'ngisi usual'lyaccompanied by un satisfactory results. w'TI hislarises' frO mQthe 1 :fact that the; bearing; susually secured py bolts or screwsto the, woodworkofihe hop-i fper, and when its ipositioniislch'angedthejnew' apertures for th'efb oltsor screws conflict with I or overlap the aperturesrfirst formed and 2' necessitate,- pluggingup; theseflatter.-aper- .tures, at} the same. time aiforjding only an in-' secure connection. It is to overcome this difficulty that my presentinvention is more I I distributor-shaft and a second bearing aperwe or socket '11 for the change-speed shaft The bearing head or block?) is provided at itsupper portion-with lugs 12, by means particularly devised; and it consists inthe means whereby thebearingissecured to thef w of which itis secured to the under sideof the ing the bearing in place. .1 Eachlug 12 isprohopper, said lugs being provided Withslots 13, through which pass screws 14: for securvided on its upper surface with a rib 15,'and

I-have shown only one rib on each lug, the ribs being located on opposite sides of the @bearing. Between the bearing and hopper "there is located at each enda locking-plate 16, [having-an aperture 17 for the passage of the corresponding screw 14 and provided on its 'upperside with pins or projections 18, which fit snugly in holes formed in the hopperto receive them and firmly hold the lockingplates in position. Each locking-plate is provided on its under side with a plurality of grooves '19, adapted to receive the corresponding rib 15 at that end of the bearingblock, and for purposes of economy in manm 'factnre I have shown each locking-plate as provided with a plurality of suchgroovesat each side, so that said plates *may' be used on either side of'the hoppen; r 1

By reason of the construction which I have devised in case it is found whenhthe parts are assembled that the bearing-block is not in proper position to bring the gearinginto mesh said bearing-block may be adjusted toward and from the bevel-pinion by simply loosening the screws and moving the bearing-block in one direction or the other, shifting the ribs 15 into the proper one of the grooves 19, the slots 13 permitting this adjustment of the bearing-block. After adjustment the screws 14 may be tightened, whereupon the bearingblock will be held firmly in place by said screws and the locking-plates, thus insuring a firm support for the bearing. 4

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise details of construction hereinbefore described, and shown in the accompanying drawings, as it is obvious that these details may be varied without departing from the principle of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a grain-drill, the combination, with a hopper provided with'grooved locking-plates on its under side, and a distributer-shaft and driving-shaft therefor provided with bevelgearing, of a bearing-block having bearings for the said shafts, said bearing-block being slotted and adapted to engage the grooves of the locking-plates,and screws passing through the slots and into the hopper, substantially as described.

2. In a grain-drill, the combination, with a hopper having grooved locking-plates secured to its under side, of a distributer-shaft and a driving-shaft therefor provided with a bevelgearing, a bearing-b1ock provided with bearprovided with bevel-gearing, a bearing-block having bearings for said shafts and having slotted lugs provided with ribs to engage the grooves of the locking-plates, and fasteningscrews passing through the slots and through the apertures in the locking-plates into the hopper, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. PELTON.

\Vitnesses:

AL. II. KUNKLE, WILL OLAUGHLIN. 

